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T he Un iver sit y of Sout h Ca rol i na now has a new way to get home from a night out on the town. Student Body President Michael Parks announced t he implementation of USC Safe Ride program on Wednesday afternoon.

USC has partnered w it h U ber to g ive students a 25 percent discou nt on U ber Safe R ides from Five Points to their homes on Thu rsday, Fr iday and Sat urday nights.

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The pilot period of the program will run from Sept. 8 to Oct. 1 or until funding runs out.

To take advantage of the program, students must register for an Uber account using their USC email address and enter the code “USCSAFE16.”

St udent s must order their Uber within the limits of the designated Uber pickup zone and be dropped off within t he dropof f zone.

Maps displaying these geographic areas will be available to students.

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Experts from various organizations and institutions gathered for an in-depth discussion on civil rights.

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Will Muschamp is looking to go 2-0 to start the season.

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It was a tale of t wo halves in South Carolina’s season-opening victory over Vanderbilt, as Will Muschamp’s Gamecocks trailed 10-0 at the break before charging back in the final 30 minutes for a 13-10 victory. Now, South Carolina has another SEC road test ahead.

The Gamecocks will travel to Starkville to take on Mississippi State, the team predicted to finish last in t he SEC West during SEC Media Days.

The Bulldogs didn’t have the most ideal start to the

season, losing at home to South Alabama after missing a short go-ahead f ield goa l late i n t he fourth quarter.

Mississippi State fell apart in the second half last week, losing 21-20 a f t er hold i n g a 17- 0 halftime advantage and st il l lead i ng by 10 at the start of the fourth quarter. The of fense clearly struggled without former quarterback Dak Prescot t,as Damian Williams averaged just over five yards per pass attempt, though he was the team’s leading rusher.

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Hu m a n a n d c i v i l r i g ht s w e r e o n t h e a g e n d a We d n e s d a y evening for the second in a series of forums held by Lead the Way, a st udent-r u n voter registration initiative.

St udent s c rowded into the USC School of Law auditorium to he a r a f o u r - p e r s o n panel speak about t hei r c ont r ibut ion s to hu m a n r ight s on b o t h t h e s t at e a n d worldwide levels and t he m i s c onc ept ion s that accompany t he work of t heir

organizations.

Columbia Chief of Police Skip Holbrook was vocal in his appreciat ion for t he Colu mbia Pol ice Department’s defense of the rights of citizens of a l l ide olog ie s t o sp ea k f reely a nd to assemble. “ We s e e p r o t e s t s that we may not agree with, we gotta respect that, we gotta protect that” Holbrook said, whether they are the “most hateful person i n t he world or t he most righteous person in the world.”

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on t he pa nel were attorney Lindsay Vann of Ju st ice360 a nd Shaundra Young Scott, execut ive director for t he A merican Civil Liberties Union (AC LU ) of S out h Carolina. The t hree loca l pa nel ist s were joined by special g ue st Ja na M a son, sen ior adv isor for government relations and external affairs at t he Un ited Nat ion s High Commission on Refugees.

Mason’s part icular line of work, t he resettlement of “pa r t ic u la rly

v ulnerable” ref ugees and stateless persons, has become paramount in t he face of t he ongoing Sy rian civ il war, which according to Pew Re sea rch Center has displaced 12.5 m i l l ion people s i n c e 2 011. T h e c onc u r r i ng ref u g e e crisis has affected nations on both sides of the Atlantic, and even inf luenced recent leg islat ion in Columbia.

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USC will participate in the Peace Corps Prep program, the university announced this week.

The prog ram con nect s students looking to volunteer with the Peace Corps to start t he p r o c e s s w h i le s t i l l i n school. It focuses on four “core competencies,” including foreign language skills and leadership, and helps incorporate classes in those subjects within students’ study. Those who participate in the program will receive their

“Certificate of Completion” when they graduate from USC, giving them an advantage when applying for the Peace Corp.

The prog ram w ill be r u n by the Study Abroad Office, and st udents will be able to work with a Peace Corp Prep Liasion within the Office of Undergraduate Advising.

Since it’s founding in 1961, the Peace Corps has welcomed the service of 362 USC graduates, and 16 are currently serving.

USC is the first school in South Carolina to adopt the program.

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UBERPAGE1 “I t hink t he impact can be enormous. I really think that a lot of our students are paying for their own Ubers already,” Parks said. “It’s 2016; it’s time for us to adapt to the changes going on technologically in our world. So I see this as something that can only grow further and further for our students.”

The new USC Safe R ides prog ram w ill replace t he former Carolina Cab program, a free cab service offered to students ThursdaySaturday nights in Five Points. Other safe ride a nd t r a v e l p r og r a m s of fered by USC, such a s G otcha R ide s a nd Walk Home Cocky, will continue to be available to students.

T he id e a f o r US C Safe R ides or ig i nates FORUMPAGE1 Carolina state Senate passed leg islat ion that would require all incoming ref ugees to register with the state government. The bill, proposed by state Sen. Kev i n Br ya nt ( R-A nderson), would also hold any groups involved in resettlement — including religious organizations — accou nt able if t he refugees they sponsor c o m m it a n y a c t s of terrorism or ot her violent acts.

Regarding the controversial stat ute, Bryant commented to The Guardian that the bill could “make South Carolina t he most u nwelcome st ate for refugees.”

Mason took a

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f rom st udent body treasurer Stinson Rogers’s campaig n last spring.

Student government has worked relentlessly to bring this program to the USC student body, and members are excited to see the program finally launch. “ I t h i n k it i s v e r y clea r to say t h at t he safet y of our st udents late night in Columbia, Sout h Carol i na is a priority for your student government,” Parks said.

If the pilot of USC Safe Rides is successful, Parks hopes that there will be a longer contract negotiated between Uber and USC to continue to provide a safe way home.

More i nfor mat ion about USC Safe Rides as well as the pick up and drop off zone maps can be found at t.uber.com/ usc-safe-rides

much softer tone on resettlement Wednesday evening.

“Refugees by def init ion are people who have experienced horrors and atrocities a n d t e r r o r i s m ,” Mason told The Daily G amecock . “H istor y has show n t hat once they are embraced, they really bring a lot to their new communities.” “ I t h i n k i f p e ople understand who ref ugees are, t hey won’t be afraid of them com i ng i nto t heir communities,” Mason said.

L e a d t h e Wa y ’s for um series will r e t u r n o n Tu e s d a y evening at 7 p.m. with a discussion on economic empowerment in Russell House Ballroom A.

City Council weighing free parking change Some local business owners are pushing for a change to free night parking in some of Columbia’s busiest districts, The State reports.

Multiple Five Points merchants introduced a proposal to charge for parking until 9 or 10 p.m. instead of the current 6 p.m., claiming that people are taking advantage of the free parking and taking spots from paying customers. A full proposal will be presented for a vote to the City Council in October.

—Compiled by Mary Ramsey, News Editor

Vista Chipotle robbed at gunpoint One employee was injured during an armed robbery at the Chipotle location in the Vista, WIS reports. Three men robbed the fast-casual chain at gun point when two employees were closing on Tuesday night.

One of the employees was hospitalized after being thrown to the ground by one of the robbers, but no customers were inside the restaurant at the time. Police released photos of the suspects and location. They ask anyone with information to contact Crimestoppers at (888)-274-6372.

—Compiled by Mary Ramsey, News Editor

Education Lottery director retiring South Carolina Education Lottery executive director Paula Harper Bethea is retiring, The Post and Courier reports. Bethea will officially leave office at the end of October. She oversaw a 63 percent increase in revenue over the course of her seven-year tenure. The lottery’s director of legal services, Hogan Brown, who has been involved with the lottery since its founding, will serve as interim executive director.

—Compiled by Mary Ramsey, News Editor

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Trumpʼs attempt at Hispanic outreach falls flat

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Apply laboratory animal cruelty laws to fetuses Andy Wilson Second-year English student

In an Aug. 25 article, The Daily G amecock announced that a federal c ompl a i nt w a s t o b e filed by the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine regarding t he USC School of Med ic i ne’s use of pigs in medical training. The Gamecock reported that “according to the organization, the e me r g e nc y me d ic i ne training program might be engaging in questionable practices by using pigs to teach surgical practices.”

T he P ubl ic Hea lt h Ser vice policy on Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals i nst it uted a pol ic y requ i r i ng faci l it ies f u nded by t he Publ ic H e a lt h S e r v i c e t h at were using animals for research or med ical t ra i n i ng to subm it protocols for review by a five-person committee composed of a “Doctor of Veterinary Medicine responsible for animal care at the institution,” a “scientist experienced in animal research,” a professional in a f ield that is not scient if ic,” an “unaffiliated repre sent at ive of t he com mu n it y ” a nd one other person unaffiliated w it h t he i n st it ut ion.

Protocols submitted to t h is com m it tee mu st j u s t i f y a ny p a i n a nd discomfort the animal will be experiencing, as well as attempt to find a lt e r n at i v e s t o s u c h procedures or, if there is

absolutely no alternative, reduce animal suffering as much as possible.

The complaint f iled by t he Physicians Com m it tee claims t h at t he u s e of p i g s by the USC School of Medicine should have been discont inued af ter rev iew by t he A nimal Care and Use Com m it tee. I n it s coverage of the incident, the article draws attention to the growing t rend away f rom t he use of live animal e x p er i ment at ion a nd suggests that the USC School of Medicine may be et hically back ward in its continued use of pigs. I have no problem with our society being concerned with animal suf fer i ng, but it is inconsistent to champion the rights of animals yet ignore those of humans.

I f i nd it s ome w h at ironic t hat as our culture becomes more concer ned w it h protecting animals from suffering and harm, one of ou r t wo dom i na nt pol it ica l pa r t ies is moving in the opposite direction on protecting humans, albeit unborn ones, from suffering and harm.

The Democrat ic party entrenched their support of abortion in this year’s election cycle party platform, stating that they “will continue to oppose — and seek to overturn — federal and state laws and policies that impede a woman’s a c c e s s t o a b o r t io n .”

Gone is the 2004 plank that “Abortion should be safe, legal, and rare” and H illar y Clinton’s rest atement of t hat policy in her 2008 bid for the presidency. This ye a r ’s pl at for m i s a s expansive as it sounds, le a v i n g it c le a r t h at

t he Democrat ic part y platform is to oppose all laws that reduce abortion a v a i l ab i l it y. But t he Democrat leadership is profoundly out of touch with the 64 percent of the U.S. population who believe second-trimester abor t ion shou ld be ban ned and t he 80 p e r c e nt w ho b e l ie v e third-trimester abortion should be banned. They apparently feel confident t hat t heir radical posit ion on t he issue will not turn away the 28 percent of Democrats who t h i n k abor t ion should be illegal in all or most cases.

This polit ical t rend represents a disturbing new stage in the war for “reproduct ive rights.”

Proponents of abortion are now avowedly aiming to add America to the just four countries world w ide t h at h a ve no leg a l re s t r ic t ion s on abortion, alongside Ch i na, Nor t h Korea, Viet nam and Canada. ( Ye s , t h r e e o f t h e fou r are com mu n ist aut hor it a r ia n st ate s.)

We don’t have to appeal to a h igher power or holy sc r ipt u re s here.

A l l we h ave to do i s ag ree to t reat hu ma n suffering with at least e q u a l c o nc er n a s we treat animal suffering.

Wou ld n’t it b e ideologically consistent to apply some of t he same rules we apply to animal experimentation to a procedure that takes an innocent human life?

A consistent law would mirror the animal welfare law, requiring just if icat ion for a n abortion in cases of rape, incest, or health of the mother, ban abortions past t he t ime when fet u se s c a n feel pa i n and require alternative pregnancy options like

adoption to be discussed.

A nd what about t he standard fetal viability, which is considered to be bet ween 24 and 26 weeks? Will that go out the window if Democrats have their way, despite t he fac t t hat on ly 12 states have policies that a l lo w ab o r t io n l at e r than that range? Surely anyone with a shred of decency or conscience can see that if the fetus could survive outside the womb, it should not be legal to end its life inside the womb.

A s aut hor M ic h ael D. O’ Br ie n a rg ue s conv incingly in his b o ok , “ T he oph i lo s:” “There are some who believe t hat a child is not a human being until he passes through the body-gates into the light a nd b ecome s v isible.

There are ot hers who consider him disposable u nt i l he c a n spea k .

A s for my self, I hold w it h neit her of t hese r id ic u lo u s o p i n io n s , since it would be as well to say that a man does not exist as long as he is inside his house and ca n not be seen, t hen suddenly exists when he puts his head outside his door and say good day to you.”

He g o e s o n t o s a y that “one who despises a hidden face is blind to his own face, or if he does see his own, he fails to value it.”

That I even have to argue for the same rights we grant to animals to be applied to humans shows t h at ou r c u lt u re h a s failed to value human life for what it is: unique, precious and possessing intrinsic worth. I pray that we will soon come to our senses.

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D o n a l d Tr u m p m i g ht b e p o l l i n g pret t y wel l w it h wh ite p eople who don’t have col lege d e g r e e s , b u t h e’s largely missing the mark with everybody else. To put that in perspective, Romney did better t han Tr ump w it h white and non-white voters and still lost. Trump is setting himself up to trail Romney’s losing campaig n by large margins, particularly with minority voters, wit h whom his performance is dismal — sometimes in the single digits.

Of cou rse, t h is complete failu re to attract minorit y voters m ight be because he has occasionally seemed to be actively trying t o a l ie n at e t he m .

He i nsist s Mex ico is intent ionally sending us “the bad ones,” implying that Mexican immigrants a r e d r u g d e a le r s , rapist s a nd k il lers on more t ha n one o c c a s io n . He’s excused racially mot ivated violence agai nst H ispa n ic people by say i ng his supporters were “passionate,” although h e’s p r e v i o u s l y blamed “blacks and Hispanics” for t he existence of violent crime in major cit ies. He even ack nowledges t hat “t he Hispanics” might not act ually love him — by crying about how a judge whose pa rent s a re from Mexico is biased against him because of that. His record of bot h accident al and malicious bias against A frican Americans is equally as well-documented.

But over the past few week s, Tr ump has been reaching out to minorit y voters, part icularly t he groups he’s referred to as “the Hispanics” and “the blacks.” For black A merica ns, t h i s out re ac h h a s come i n t he for m of a speech whose gist was essentially “your life is terrible and I probably won’t make it worse, so roll the dice.” To appeal to H ispanic and Latin voters, Trump momentarily wavered on h i s s upp or t of hardline immigration policies — and then went st raight back to raving about mass deportat ion and building the wall.

The most obvious problem with these outreaches, of course, is t hat t hey ’re ill-

planned, ham-handed and display a childish m i s u nder st a nd i ng of t he problem his campaign is facing.

Tr u mp m a ke s t he fairly common assumption that to appeal to Hispanic a nd L at i n v ot e r s , t he o n l y i s s ue he needs to address is immigrat ion.

Of course, it is an important issue — and Tr ump’s gross m i s h a nd l i n g of it has lost him many of his most prominent s upp or t er s i n t he com mu n it y — but with this last week of “Hispanic outreach,” Trump has fallen into a familiar trap.

Hispandering — a der isive ter m u s e d b y p o l it i c a l commentators to refer to politicians faking support for Hispanic com mu n it ies by doi n g t h i n g s l i k e eating taco bowls and temporarily easing up on immigration — is something both candidates are guilty of. (Think “7 things Hillary Clinton has in common with your abuela.”) But Trump’s momentary flip-flop on the one issue we all thought he was solid on is substant ially more ridiculous even than that.

Not on ly does it r u n cont rar y to everything we know about h is feel i ng s about im m ig ra nt s, his so-called softening does exactly what ma ny ot her politicians on both sides of the aisle do when it’s time to try to reach out to the Hispanic and Latin vote — forgets that those voters actually have sk in in t he game on issues that are not the border.

In fact, when polled, t he voter s Tr u mp has been blundering after in the last few week s said t hey cared more about the economy, healthcare and terrorism t ha n im m ig rat ion.

Coming in only one percent age poi nt behind immigration is educat ion — which shouldn’t be surprising, because it is obviously possible to care about more t han t he one issue that some politicians associate you with.

If I had to guess as an outsider looking i n , Tr u m p i s n ’ t behind with Hispanic a nd Lat i n voters b e c au s e he h a s n’t had enough sem ireasonable thoughts about immigration or eaten enough Taco Bell, it’s because he’s not t reat i ng t hem like real people with real problems. He’s more concerned with looking like he cares about minority outreach than a c t u a l l y le a r n i n g what the people he’s “re ac h i ng out to” want their president to care about.

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Fingerreisen exhibit displays maps as art

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Elisabeth Pellathy and Lee Somers manipulate road maps to draw attention to societal and cultural shifts.

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The Fi nger reisen art ex h ibit ion in t he McMaster Gallery is a rare depiction of twodimensional maps and spaces constructed in a t h ree- d i mensiona l m a n ne r. T he a r t c ol le c t ion , m ade b y E l i s ab et h Pel l at hy and Lee Somers, p ay s hom ag e to t he topog raphic feat ures that flat maps represent.

Upon entering t he quaint gallery, various cut outs of landscapes on stilts cast shadows on t he l ight wooden f loor s to t he r ight

of t he ent rance. The mountains of layered rec ycled piano wood rest towards the back of t he ex h ibit, wh ile walls are covered with var ying displays of topog raph ic a nd cartographic art. There is a v ideo depic t i ng map l i nes merg i ng a nd sepa r at i ng w it h e a c h o t he r, a nd a s ou nd c a s s et t e t ap e titled, “Beijing calls” is available for attendees of the gallery to listen to as they inspect the artwork.

Somers is from the sout hwest Un ited States and creates art inspired from existing

places in a wide range of locations, including mountains and deserts from his childhood. He is currently a professor at t he Un iver sit y of Monteva l lo i n t he tow n of Montevallo, A labama, and works primarily with ceramics and mixed-media, analyzing the marriage of natural history and c u lt u r a l h i s t o r y o n landscapes.

Pe l l a t h y ’s w o r k focuses on the g r adu a l decl i ne a nd disappearance of species, language and cult ure. She uses the mediums of drawing, print mak ing and

ele c t ron ic me d i a t o create her pieces.

Pellathy works at the University of Alabama i n Bi r m i ngh a m a s a new med ia a s sist a nt professor.

Fingerreisen opened on A u g. 25 w it h a n open ing recept ion featuring both Pellathy and Somers, and w ill remain in t he McMaster Gallery until Thursday, October 6.

The McMaster Gallery is free and open from 9 a.m. until 4:30 p.m.

Monday through Fr iday a nd is closed for major u n iversit y holidays.

McKissick Museum offers look into past Darby Hallman @DARBYHALLMAN1

The McK issick Mu s e u m i s of f e r i n g st udent s a lo ok i nto Colu mbia’s past w it h its new ex hibit t it led “Looking Back/Looking A h e a d : C o l u m b i a ’s Sesquicentennial Time Capsule.”

This exhibit focuses around the contents of a time capsule that was buried in 1936 as part of t he celebrat ion of the sesquicentennial, or 150th anniversary, of the founding of Columbia.

The time capsule was f i r st opened i n 1986 in honor of the cit y’s bicentennial, or 200th anniversar y, and t his exhibit displays many of the items that were originally placed in the capsule.

“The museum t ries to highlight important events in Columbia so when we have enough objects in our collection to do that, that’s part of our mission and that’s w h at we t r y t o do,” McK issick Museu m Communications Manager Amanda Belue

said.

The exhibit showcases a variety of antique items including old newspaper pages, pict ures of t he se squ icenten n ia l parade and grand ball, items given away at the celebration in 1936 and several other items that chronicle the history of Columbia.

“We’ve got a lot of the olden materials we’ve printed and reproduced so you can see them,” Belue said.

W h ile t he items represent a version of C olu mbia f rom long

ago, Belue believes that s t u d e nt s , e s p e c i a l l y undergraduate students, can find some valuable and interesting information by visiting the new exhibit.

“If they’re a traditional undergraduate student then they wouldn’t have been alive in 1986 or 1936 so it tells the story of a Columbia that they don’t know,” Belue said.

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McKissick Museum showcases a time capsule from the 150th anniversary of the founding of Columbia.

The Sundance Film Fest ival Short Fi l m Tou r ca me to t he Nickelodeon Theatre in Columbia Wednesday evening.

The tour is a showcase of eight of the 8,000 independent f ilms submitted to t he Sundance Fi l m Fe st iva l f rom f ilmmakers all over the world. The f ilms ranged f rom documentar y to a n imat ion, w it h a l l gen res i n bet ween.

Here a re t he eight short films selected for this year’s Sundance Film Fest ival Short Film Tour.

“A f f e c t i o n s ,” written and directed

by Bridey Elliott, is a witt y comedy that follows a woman who se relat ion sh ip i s g oi n g dow n h i l l .

W hen her f riend suggest s cheat i ng on her boy friend to find out whether the relationship is meant to be or not, she falls for a homeless man.

Elliott made the fi lm l ight a nd f u n ny a s the leading character f a nt a s i z e s a b o u t a relationship with the ho me le s s m a n a nd ultimately starts going on dates with him. A lighthearted fi lm with qu irk y characters, “A f f e c t ion s” w a s a great choice for t he opening fi lm. “ Ju ngle,” w r it ten and directed by Asantewaa Prempeh, follows t wo French friends who are trying to ma ke a l iv i ng as vendors on the streets of New York. It hits topics like friendship, loyalt y, betrayal and the hardships one will endu re for a bet ter l ife. The f il m is i n French, but subtitles make it easy to follow along.

“Ed mond” is a n animated short f ilm written and directed

by Nina Gantz t hat tel ls t he stor y of a somewhat deranged man who gets a little “ t o o c l o s e” i n h i s r e l at io n s h ip s w it h ot hers. It fol lows him t hroughout his l ife i n a ser ies of events to f ig ure out why he has such strange relationships.

This f ilm is a lit t le pec u l iar, but t here was subt le com ic

rel ief t h roughout and was wonderfully animated.

“Bacon and God’s Wr a t h ,” w r i t t e n and directed by Sol Friedman, focuses on Razie, a 90-year-old Jewish woman. Since she’s kept kosher her whole life, Razie has ne ver eaten bacon , and today is the first day she is goi ng to tr y it. It follows the story of why she kept kosher as a child and delves into topics such a s rel ig ion , f a m i l y and making personal choices.

“Her Friend Adam,” written and directed

by Ben Pet rie, follows a couple that seems to have a solid relationship until the boy f riend f inds out about his girlfriend’s relat ionsh ip w it h Adam. A lt hough A d a m i s g a y, h e r boy f r iend become s obsessive over t heir relationship, thinking his girlfriend is cheating on him. The f i l m i s q u i rk y a nd realistic, with easily relatable characters.

“The Grandfather Drum,” written and directed by Michelle Derosier, is a n a n i mated f i l m t hat evokes the traditions of oral stor y telling.

In the fi lm, a narrator tel ls t he stor y of a magic healing drum to a child. The a n i mat ions a re i n storybook form, with paper characters that f lip like pages to the next scene. “ T he Pro cedu re” was the shortest of the short films on this list.

Written and directed

by Calvin Lee Reeder, t he f i l m is about a young man who gets k nocked out and wakes up in an empty room, bound to a fl at bed with one eye pried open, on ly to lear n t hat a ny screa m i ng sets a buzzer off. This fi lm was unusual and can be found funny in a strange and unique way. “ T hu nd e r R o a d” written and directed b y Ji m C u m m i n g s a nd a l s o pl a y e d at t he Nickelodeon during the Indie Grits Fest ival earlier t his year. The fi lm follows Officer A rnaud at h i s m o t h e r ’s f u ner a l, beg i n n i ng SEEFILMPAGE7

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PASTPAGE6 what it mea ns for young people today.

“They decide as the upcoming generation what is important for t hem to remember and what is important for them to preserve for t he upcom ing generations and it just kind of tells that story about how people in the past have done that and what they chose to view as important,” Belue said.

T he ex h ibit w i l l b e r u n n i n g o n t he t h ird f loor of t he museum until Dec. 17.

Admission is free and he mu seu m is open f rom 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday.

I n addit ion to t he time capsule exhibit, the McKissick Mu seu m c u r rent ly hold s se ver a l ot her exhibits including one t hat honor s fa mou s South Carolina polit ician James By r nes a nd a not her t h at c elebr at e s t he 40th anniversary of the museum. The museum is also of fering t wo different tours during Parents Weekend. The Beh i nd-t he-Scenes tours will show visitors t he many items t hat McKissick has in their storage areas and the To u r o f M c k i s s i c k Museum’s Exhibitions will be a curator-led tou r of some of t he current exhibits in the museum.

FILMPAGE6 with A rnaud giving a eulogy for his mother and ending with him da nc i ng to t he song “ T h u n d e r R o a d .”

Although it focuses on a heavier topic, the fi lm has subtle humor.

The fi lms showcased in the Sundance Film Fe s t i v a l Shor t Fi l m Tour were distinctive a nd c o v e r e d a w id e range of genres. Over half of t hese f il ms won awards in t he Sundance Short Film Festival, and each was individually selected to be played during t he tour. If you missed the festival, some of these films are available on Youtube or Vimeo, if posted by the directors.

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Sports editor Adam Orfinger caught up with Mississippi State’s Reflector sports editor Dalton Middleton to discuss Saturday’s matchup between the Gamecocks and the Bulldogs.

The Daily Gamecock: Damian Williams was t he Bulldogs’ leading rusher last week against South Alabama, but he averaged just 4.4 yards per pass attempt. Is he the long-term answer at quarterback?

Dalton Middleton: I honestly do not know if Williams is the long term answer at quarterback.

He had the momentum in the first game, which is why he played t he majority of the game. I think Mississippi State will not have a long-term quarterback decided until around week four or five.

I expect to see both Nick Fitzgerald and Damian Williams in the game.

TDG: I n t he loss to Sout h A labama, Mississippi State allowed touchdow n d r ive s of 9 9 a n d 71 y a r d s i n t he second half. How concerned should fans be about the defense?

DM: Fans should not be too concerned. South A labama had a strong offense, and the defensive backs are still getting used to starting. After losing both the starting cornerbacks to the draft and t hen losing bot h

starting corners this year to injuries, the Bulldogs have their third-string cornerbacks from last year starting. When they get used to starting and playing the majority of the game, expect a solid defense. The defensive line and linebackers are a strength of this team.

TDG:Dak Prescot t made t he Bu lldogs relevant during his fi nal two seasons in Starkville.

Now that he’s gone, how far will they fall?

DM: I don’t believe that Mississippi State will fall too far. It will take some time to get back on t rack f rom losi ng Prescott, but I do not see the team struggling for any longer than a year.

MSU has a strong young qu a r terb ac k i n N ic k Tiano who can help lead the team back to where it has been in the past two seasons.

TDG: South Carolina showed up w it h a st rong defense in t he season opener against Vanderbilt. How will the Bulldogs look to attack against the Gamecocks?

DM: I imag ine t hat M ississippi State w ill come out a nd t r y to

set the tone by scoring early. I think they will take some shots down t he f ield ea rly wh i le also establishing a solid r u n g a me. T h at wa s t he st r uggle wit h t he Bulldogs last year and the leading rusher left.

If t hey can get a r u n game established, they can have a strong offense showing. I expect them to try to establish the run game and take some shots down the field.

TDG: Fill in t he blanks: Mississippi State will win if _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.

Mississippi State will lose if ________.

DM: Mississippi State will win if they come out with the same intensity they showed in the first half of their game against South Alabama and can get their defensive backs to play well. They need as many fans in the stadium ringing cowbells so they can keep their intensity up. Mississippi State will lose if t hey come out flat like they did in the second half of the game.

They can expect to lose if they do not establish a r un game early and cannot stop Sout h Carolina’s passing attack.

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SECPAGE10 Miss was supposed to push aside the pesky Seminoles as Kelly established himself as a Heisman candidate.

Leonard Fournette was supposed to do the same by running his team to victory. Auburn was expected by many to beat Clemson, in turn completely k nock ing t he ACC to t he lowly position they believed it deserved.

Missouri and Mississippi State were supposed to easily take care of their “inferior” opponents, while it was assumed that Tennessee would blow out Appalachian State. Instead, all that’s left are questions, although the one I was wrestling with weeks ago has seemingly been answered.

I can no longer crown the SEC as the indisputable strongest conference.

After just Week One, too many holes

MSUPAGE10 off setting a career-long with a 55-yard field goal, not to mention the 48-yarder he hit earlier in the g a me. Conver sely, M ississippi State’s Westin Graves missed his final two field goals of the game f rom 4 6 a nd 28 ya rds, t hough he did make two from 37 and 48 earlier in the game.

On the South Carolina side, the Gamecocks will continue to look for clarit y in t heir quarterback competition. Perry Orth started and sealed the win last week, but Brandon McIlwain quarterbacked

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exist in that argument to rationally do so. No longer can you point to a n over whel m i ng dept h to t he conference, with seemingly good teams lining its divisions from top to bottom. No longer can you say that any other team outside of Alabama is overwhelmingly better than the two top teams of the ACC. Yet, it was just one week. For those teams mentioned above, it was just one loss. Playoff chances were not erased, Heisman candidates were not pushed into complete obscurity and I was not completely proven wrong.

There is still time for the conference as a whole to recover and to regain its crown as the strongest conference in the country. And there’s still time for my prediction made two weeks ago to be proven true. The SEC still has time to prove itself as the best conference in college football. the majority of the fi rst half. Orth is expected to get the start again Saturday, but Muschamp says he expects both quarterbacks to play.

Despite the fact that the Bulldogs lost to a med ioc re Su n Belt opponent at home last week, don’t expect South Carolina to take the home team lightly. “ We w i l l f a c e a d i f f e r e n t football team on Saturday night in Starkville,” Muschamp said. “We know that. We just need to worry about South Carolina and take care of our preparation. That’s all I’m worried about.”

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T.J. Holloman and the revamped South Carolina defense put together a strong performance against Vanderbilt last week, holding the Commodores scoreless after halftime.

MSUPAGE1 T he Bu l ld o g de f e n s e lo ok e d suspect as well, allow i ng Sout h Alabama’s Dallas Davis to throw for nearly 300 yards while completing just over 70 percent of his passes.

Dan Mullen’s team also surrendered 8.3 yards per carry to the Jaguars’ lead running back, Tyreis Thomas.

A low-scoring battle is likely in the cards for the Gamecocks again this week, as the Bulldogs managed just 20 points against a Sun Belt team

that won five games in 2015. The South Carolina defense turned in a strong showing against Vanderbilt, holding the Commodores to just 73 passing yards and shutting them out in the second half.

W it h t he likelihood of a low-

scoring affair, special teams could be the difference, which appears to favor t he G a mecock s. Sout h Carolina kicker Elliott Fry is fresh SEEMSUPAGE9

Column: SEC down, not out, after bad Week One Abe Danaher

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Ole Miss was one of six SEC teams to lose to a non-conference opponent last week.

Just two weeks ago, I was published saying what most rat ional football fans were t hink ing coming into t his season. I wrote about how t he SEC was st ill t he best conference and left very little room for any other argument to be made. I went as far as to end my article by concluding, “No conference is as good from top to bottom, or able to consistently compete head to head with the best the SEC has to offer. The reason? Well blatantly put, the SEC has been, and still is, the best conference in college football.”

And now I’m left kneeling before t he college football gods with one single question ringing through my head — “Why?” Just as Chad Kelly will do as he questions his three throws that fell into the hands of Florida State defenders, and LSU fans will do as they begin to process the horrid loss to Wisconsin. All that will exist in the heads of almost anyone associated with the SEC is questions — What happened in week one? How did things go so wrong?

Week One was supposed to be when the SEC flexed its muscles to all who cared. Ole SEESECPAGE9

SPORTS SECTION COLLEGE FOOTBALL PICKS Week Two Predictions from the staff of

ADAM ORFINGER

ABE DANAHER

SPORTS EDITOR

ASST. SPORTS EDITOR

DREW MUELLER

BOBBY BALBONI

SARAH STONE

SENIOR SPORTS WRITER

SPORTS EDITOR

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Tennessee

Virginia Tech

Virginia Tech

Tennessee

Tennessee

TCU

TCU

Arkansas

TCU

TCU

Florida

Florida

Kentucky

Florida

Florida

NC State at East Carolina

East Carolina

NC State

NC State

NC State

NC State

South Carolina at Mississippi State

MSU 17 - 13

SC 17 - 10

SC 14 - 10

SC 20 - 17

SC 14 - 10

6-2

6-2

6-2

4-4

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Virginia Tech v. No. 17 Tennessee Arkansas at No. 15 TCU Kentucky at Florida

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